So how do you talk about contraception without going all “SoCon?”
Or, as I recommend in my previous post, how do you make issues such as contraception relevant to the economy and point out its real cost? Well, don’t forget, at base it is another government mandate....
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Georgetown law students prefer YOU pay for their contraception so they can...
Unbelievable. This is so indicative of the mindset of many today. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so telling and serious. A Georgetown co-ed told Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s hearing that the women in her...
View ArticleWhy the Ryan budget is doomed
Over at Zero Hedge there’s a long discussion of the Welfare State. We have long argued that at its core, modern society, at least on a mathematical basis – the one which ultimately trumps hopium every...
View ArticleObesity in poor communities not linked to “food deserts”
I’m sure you remember a few years ago the LA City Council banned fast food joints from low income neighborhoods for a year. The New York Times explains the reason they thought that was a function of...
View ArticleObama administration tries to kill the family farm
In 1960, the Democratic Party platform included the following in reference to agriculture in the US: "The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his...
View ArticleTo My Friends In Maryland
Q: Why doesn’t Delaware fall into the ocean? A: Because Maryland sucks. Q: Why doesn’t California fall into the ocean? A: Because Maryland really sucks. Dear Marylanders: I see that your financial...
View ArticleRandy Barnett on Drug Prohibition
For a libertarian blog, this is a subject that we rarely opine about. Probably because its a rather dead horse that just doesn’t need any more beating. Even so, we do all too often have occasion to...
View ArticleThree examples of government intrusion where it has no business
Yes, just three. You’re right, I could probably make it 30 or 300. 3,000 even! But for brevity sake, three current examples where government has no business yet feels somehow justified in intruding...
View ArticleThe law of unintended (but obviously expected if you know anything about...
Remember the “digital divide”. The bloviating over the “right” of access to the internet and how the “poor” were being left out and that was hurting their chances of advancement? Remember how...
View ArticleNanny state update
It’s a bit of a mixed picture with both state and federal nannies doing their best to get the proles under control. The base premise, of course, is only government can save you from yourself since...
View ArticleNo progress in the War on Poverty and none expected
A new study from CATO has found that despite trillions in spending, the poverty rate hasn’t moved much: “[S]ince President Obama took office [in January 2009], federal welfare spending has increased by...
View ArticleYou are just not relying on government enough
Or perhaps, you’re just not thankful enough for the nanny’s help and nanny feels a little put off. Why? You just don’t rank mommy government high enough (especially at election time) in your...
View ArticleState court says no to Bloomberg’s large soda ban
As it should: A state judge on Monday stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s administration frombanning the sale of large sugary drinks at New York City restaurants and other venues, a major defeat for a...
View ArticleNY soda ban: You can always find someone to defend the indefensible
In the case of Michael Bloomberg’s overreach in banning a specific size of soda drink, the defender is some fellow named Lawrence Gostin. The headline of the article he’s written is “Banning large...
View ArticleCalling all Nannies
A new study that is sure to make Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other health nannies wet their britches in thanks is out: New research finds that the consumption of sugary drinks and sodas contributes to...
View ArticleApologizing for authoritarianism
That’s essentially what Sarah Conely does in a NY Times op-ed. Oh, she cloaks it benignly enough -“it’s just soda” – as he supports the Bloomberg ban on large volume soda sales. But in essence what...
View Article“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom”
Michael Bloomberg on what you’re going to have to put up with because, you know, freedom comes in second to safety: In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the...
View ArticleRegulation nation a symptom of an incurable disease?
Niall Ferguson has a piece in the Wall Street Journal which talks about the growth of regulation within the nation. He starts with a quote from de Tocqueville in which de Tocqueville marvels at how...
View ArticleBloomberg’s NYC soda ban ruled “unconstitutional” by court
I love it when petty tyrants are struck down: New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal...
View ArticleScheming away your money … and privacy
That’s primarily what politicians seem to want to do despite protestations to the contrary by some. They’re always looking for a new “revenue stream”. And since tax payers are the only folks who...
View ArticleLiving with progressive values
Like they’re doing in New York City: At her January inauguration, New York city council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito told her colleagues, “Now is the time to embrace our progressive moment and put our...
View ArticleThe bureaucratic state
While the enemies of freedom certainly are made up of politicians who would limit or take away your freedom, probably the most insidious of those enemies is the bureaucrat. As we’ve seen for decades,...
View Article“Economic patriotism” equals “stay here and pay punitive taxes to cover our...
“Economic patriotism” is the new meme that Democrats are throwing around to demonize companies that try to avoid taxes here in the US, i.e. you’re not a patriotic company if you attempt to avoid taxes...
View ArticleTales from the Nanny State
The first comes from our “hoist on their own petard” department: A study from three sociologists based out of North Carolina State University charges that First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign topromote...
View ArticleTo the Shepard Smiths of the world, STFU!
Smith has essentially jumped the shark by lecturing the audience to remain calm and not to believe most of the media hype surrounding the Ebola scare. And Smith should know about media hype being one...
View ArticleTime to put government back inside the box
By that I mean, make it a servant of the public again. I don’t know how this “serves the public”: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -Local 10 first brought you the story of the 90-year-old man who was arrested for...
View ArticleElitism driving “free” college proposal by Obama?
The short answer is “yes”. Megan McArdle makes the point : Higher education is becoming the ginseng of the policy world: a sort of all-purpose snake oil for solving any problem you’d care to name, as...
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Even more this and that
Not sure how you stick with one topic a day when so much is going on, thus the appeal of commenting on lots of topics. For instance, we find out that President Obama is the reason gas prices are down …...
View ArticleCheck The Sky For Flying Pigs
Because this actually happened: In response to Uber ride-sharing drivers now working in the city, the [Portsmouth, NH] Taxi Commission on Wednesday recommended the elimination of taxi medallions,...
View ArticleWhen your government lies to you
Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup lays out one of the biggest lies our government is party to each month. The unemployment rate. Right now the lie claims that only 5.6% of those who want to work...
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